30 Do not accuse anyone for no reason—
    when they have done you no harm.

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30 Do not quarrel with anyone without cause,
    when he did not do you harm.

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12 Hatred stirs up conflict,
    but love covers over all wrongs.(A)

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12 Hatred stirs up strife,
    but love covers over all offenses.

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10 Where there is strife, there is pride,
    but wisdom is found in those who take advice.(A)

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10 Only by insolence is strife set up,
    and wisdom is with those who take advice.

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18 A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict,(A)
    but the one who is patient calms a quarrel.(B)

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18 A man who is hot-tempered will stir up strife,
    but he who is slow to anger,[a] he will calm contention.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 15:18 Literally “nostrils”

28 A perverse person stirs up conflict,(A)
    and a gossip separates close friends.(B)

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28 A person of perversity will spread dissent,
    and he who whispers separates a close friend.

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14 Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam;
    so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.(A)

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14 Like the release of water is the beginning of strife;
    before it breaks out, stop the quarrel.

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19 Whoever loves a quarrel loves sin;
    whoever builds a high gate invites destruction.

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19 He who loves transgression loves strife;
    he who builds his high thresholds seeks destruction.

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19 A brother wronged(A) is more unyielding than a fortified city;
    disputes are like the barred gates of a citadel.

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19 A brother who is offended is worse than a city of strength,
    and quarrels are like the bars of a fortification.

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It is to one’s honor to avoid strife,
    but every fool(A) is quick to quarrel.(B)

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It is honorable for the man to refrain from strife,
    but every fool will be quick to quarrel.

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19 Better to live in a desert
    than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.(A)

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19 Better to live in a land of wilderness
    than with a wife of quarrels and provocation.

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10 Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife;
    quarrels and insults are ended.(A)

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10 Drive out a scoffer and strife will go out;
    quarrel and abuse will cease.

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    do not bring[a] hastily to court,
for what will you do in the end
    if your neighbor puts you to shame?(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:8 Or nobles / on whom you had set your eyes. / Do not go

do not hastily bring out to court,
    for[a] what will you do at its end,
    when your neighbor puts you to shame?

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:8 Or “lest”